Session number: G02
Tuesday, 12/6/11, from 9 to 12noon and 2:30 to 4:00pm
Supporting adult learning and development is important for building adults’ internal capacity and also because it is directly linked to increasing children’s academic achievement. Implementing practices that support adult growth can also build school and system-wide capacity. In this day-long session you will: explore adult-developmental theory and how it supports adult growth and capacity building; learn about and apply four key developmentally-oriented pillar practices for sustaining adults’ development: teaming, inviting adults to take leadership roles, engaging in collegial inquiry, and mentoring (developmental coaching); understand developmental principles informing this new learning-oriented model, why they are essential to personal and professional development and how to build growth-enhancing school and district learning communities.
This interactive workshop provides principals, AP’s, teachers, professional developers, curriculum developers, coaches, district leaders, policymakers and all educators with an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how to support other adults’ growth and one’s own by learning about and applying adult developmental theory and a new learning-oriented model of school leadership that centers on supporting adult growth and offers promising practices for that can be implemented in your school or system. You will learn about:
- Adult-developmental theory (Kegan, 1982, 1994, 2000) and apply it to supporting development, building internal capacity, and improving practice (through mini-lecture, writing, and applying understanding to case exercises);
- A new learning-oriented model of school leadership (Drago-Severson, 2009, 2011, 2012) that centers on supporting adult development; and promising pillar practices for that can be implemented in your school, district and coaching practice to build growth-enhancing communities that attend to adults’ developmental diversity and improve student achievement. More specifically, through mini-lecture, private reflection, writing, dialogue, case discussion, action planning for your school/system/coaching, you will learn about and apply: (1) a new learning-oriented model of school leadership and apply it to your particular context and individuals; (2) four pillar-practices-for sustaining adult growth, comprising this model; (3) engage in applying ideas and practices (action planning), and (4) understand adult learning principles that inform this model, and why they are essential to effective personal and professional development.
- Enhancing capacity for shaping school and district communities that sustain continuous adult learning and positively impact student achievement; and
- How developmental theory and pillar practices can enhance leadership, teaching and improve practice.
